Today we celebrated Kylie’s 6th Birthday by having a Fancy Nancy Tea Party! Kylie invited a few of her girl friends from ballet and her cousins Delaney, Madelyn, and Amelia; and everyone got all dressed up and had a blast. We set up a tent in mommy’s back yard and put tables underneath with fancy placeholders that Kylie made. We then set out fancy tea sets, and decorated the tent with fancy feather boas that each girl would be able to take home. Kylie choose to have fancy pink tea and fancy finger sandwiches for the girls to eat, with fruit kabobs for snack before we had cake; we also had cold cuts for the adults to make sandwiches. The girls all had a blast playing on Kylie’s swing set and trampoline and running around with each other in general. Daddy was very busy today as well, taking over 600 pictures! Thankfully Mommy’s prediction almost a month earlier was correct and the temperature was right around 80 degrees, and while still warm, it was a beautiful day!
Category Archives: Kylie
Kindergarten Completion
Today was Kylie’s last day of kindergarten! I wanted to be there with her for her last day like I was there for her on her first day, so I took personal day from work so I could go pick her up. After getting her we went to pizza hut for lunch because that is where she said she wanted to go (as we were driving by). After we were done we went and played at Bishop Park for a few hours, but it looked like it was going to rain so we decided it was a good time to go to 7-eleven for a slushy and some Cheetos. By then it was time to bring Kylie back to Mimi’s and for Daddy to go back home. It was a really great few hours and I am very glad I was able to be there for another big mile stone. Next stop, first grade! A couple of pictures of our day can be found here.
BBQ for Our Troops
Today Kylie and Mommy went to the Selfridge Air National Guard Base to participate in a great event called BBQ for Our Troops. This event was for military personnel and their families, to celebrate and say good bye to the men and woman who were preparing to depart on deployment. Together with other volunteers and her Uncle David Waun, they prepared a big BBQ meal and served it to the troops and their families as a “Thank You” for their service to our country. Tiffany said that Kylie was great, greeting all the troops and thanking them, and serving them rolls, she even helped with the food preparations and cleanup. Many of the service men commented on how polite, sweet, and cute Kylie was; and all of them expressed their gratitude for the meal. Kylie said she had a lot of fun and hopes that she can help again someday. A few pictures can be found here, including one of Kylie with one of the Airmen.
Soccer and Ballet
Today was a very busy and long day for us. This morning Kylie had soccer, and once again the girls seemed to have a lot of fun. Watching Kylie and Delaney play on the same team is great, and watching them look for each other to try and make plays was awesome. After soccer we had a few hour break to get ready for Kylie’s ballet recital. She totally rocked it! We aren’t allowed to take pictures during the recital, but a few from after it was over can be seen here. After the recital was over we once again went down to Stroh’s to have some ice cream and celebrate. It was a long, but wonderful day.
Special Person’s Day
Today was special person’s day at Kylie’s school, this is a day where each student gets to invite a person to come in to school to spend the afternoon with, and Kylie choose me! So I got to go to her school today and spend the afternoon out in the yard with her where we read books to each other (I read Harry the Dirty Dog and she read Hop on Pop) and have ice pops. Thankfully the weather was very nice, a beautiful not too hot sun shiny day. We sat on a blanket that I had brought with me just for the occasion and took turns reading our books and talking. It was really nice to see all the people who came to be with the children in Kylie’s class, and I was very happy that she choose me! Afterwards I waited around for a few minutes until it was time to take Kylie home from school, and then i took her back to Mimi and Mommy’s house because she spending this weekend with Mommy because of all the things that are going on (soccer, ballet recital, and BBQ for the troops). Kylie is going to have a very full weekend indeed.
Strep Throat, Sweet!
We took Kylie to her regular pediatrician today because last night she began to complain that her throat was hurting, and when Mommy locked in her throat it did appear that her tonsils were larger than before. Additionally Kylie now has a 100 degree temperature and absolutely no appetite. When the doctors office performed the rapid strep test it finally came back positive. It sounds odd to say it, but Mommy and I were very happy that Kylie has strep because this means we can finally get some type of medication that may help her feel better and reduce the size of her tonsils. Tiffany and I both laughed when we realized that it was probably strange for parents to be this happy that their child has strep throat.
Surgery is Scheduled
Tiffany called the ENT Doctor’s office today to schedule Kylie’s tonsillectomy, as of now we are scheduled to have the surgery performed some time on Friday June 24,2011. We will not find out the exact time until sometime the day before when the hospital calls us to give us the time. We have had Kylie placed on the waiting list in case something comes up sooner though, because her tonsils are still very large and at this point we feel it would be best to have them out as soon as possible. That being said though, if we can make it to the June 24 date, then Kylie wont have to miss any school due to the surgery. We have also decided not to tell Kylie until closer to her surgery date for a couple of reasons: 1) We don’t want her to spend the time between now and then worrying about the surgery, especially as she has already expressed some hesitance and worry about the idea of going to the hospital and having them out. 2) We don’t want to spend the time in between now and then having her ask repeatedly if this was the week of her surgery and how long until the day of her surgery, because when she is anxious about an event she does tend to ask about it a lot. At this point we (Mommy and Daddy) feel a little better just knowing that it is scheduled and that Kylie will soon finally have some relief.
E.R. Room Visit
We took Kylie to ER tonight because her tonsils are very, very large, large to the point that they are almost touching her uvula, and we are concerned about them swelling so much that they close her throat. In true Kylie fashion, she has not been complaining of any type of pain or discomfort. however, Mommy has noticed that she has a very decreased appetite and has no desire to eat anything “rough or hard.” 
When we got to the ER they performed all the normal checks and Kylie weighed in at 24kg (54.9lbs) and now stands at 117cm (3.8 feet) tall with a blood pressure of 104/62. The ER doctor (whose name I missed) said she was not worried about her tonsils swelling because “they can swell closed, but she can still breath through her nose.” Additionally the rapid strep test came back negative so what ever is making her tonsils swell is most likely viral and there is nothing that they can give her to help reduce the swelling and make eating better for her. This information, and seeing just how large her tonsils are (JUST LOOK AT THOSE THINGS!!!) has made Daddy decide it is time to take out the tonsils and not wait for the next bout of strep!
Back in Michigan
The flight home today was nice and uneventful, just the way I like my flights. As soon as we landed and I was able to disembark I made a beeline straight to my truck so I could go see Kylie. Having not been able to spend the entire weekend last week with her due to my flight leaving on Sunday, and not seeing her this weekend due to being in Texas, I was really looking forward to going to see her for a little while tonight. I gave her a few small things I picked up for her while I was in Texas and then we went and had a nice dinner at Red Robin.
Daddy, the Easter Bunny was here
Happy Easter!
Kylie woke me up this morning at about 7am, she came in to my room and quietly called me while standing next to my bed. When I stirred and moved over she climbed up and said “Daddy, the Easter Bunny was here. 
Can we go and look?” So we got up and went and had a look, and she was right the Easter Bunny had come. On her little table were two baskets of goodies, and not just limited to candy, though she had plenty of that too. She also got two books: Harry the Dirty Dog (which was one of Daddy’s favorites when he was a kid) and The Giving Tree, which is a classic. Additionally Kylie also got some new socks and 3 garden stone painting kits. All in all it was a good morning. Sadly though our day was cut short because Daddy had to leave to fly to Texas for a week of training. 🙁